In case you missed it, I now work part-time for Compassion International running this thing we call Compassion Bloggers.  Every month I’ll be sending out an e-mail (to folks who sign-up for it) asking bloggers to post about a specific Compassion-related need.  Last month, for example, it was a campaign to buy malaria nets.  Thousands of dollars were raised through the efforts of bloggers so that thousands of kids can now sleep without being bitten by a malaria-ridden mosquito.  That’s thousands of kids released from disease.

I’m calling these little e-mailed thingies “assignments”, but think of them as “missions” or “directives” or “stuff to blog about when you’re out of stuff to blog about” if that’s better for you.  No matter what they’re called, they’re important in mobilizing bloggers to use their words and their corner of the blogosphere to make real changes in the developing world.

There was not an assignment e-mailed out this month.  We’ve been unable to send one because we’ve been building the new website and the database of bloggers and making sure the whole mass e-mail thing we’re using is compliant with every federal anti-spam law.  But next month’s assignment is ready to go.  Sign-up and I’ll send you an email about it next month.  And we’ll change a little piece of the world together with our words.

And another thing.  If you blog for Compassion like this on a monthly basis, I’ll send you a little bitty badge thingy you can put in the sidebar of your blog that simply says “I’m A Compassion Blogger.” That’s coming soon.

Thanks to those of you who have already signed up and blogged for Compassion last month.  Help me spread the word about this will ya?  Thanks.

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